(I'm in a) Lime House — artifacted cropped vest

Super scrappy dangly frayed asymmetric artifacted black vest with hand-dyed acid-lime green trim and hand-stitching. Criss-cross the snaps on the front as you want or let them hang open.

All the freeform texture belies the sculpted frame beneath it: I built the surface on a sturdy underlying canvas base, including bust and shoulder darts, so it's more molded and fitted than you can see here on the internet without holding it in your mitts. It's made to fit a human form, if the human has boobs.

Artifacting is my word for the creation of artifacts.

"We're drawn to objects with provenance, with history, drawn to things that show use, wear and repair. We want to see where others' hands have worked, want to place ourselves in relation to those hands, want to be a part of the world of making, unmaking and remaking. To be part of that is to enter the flow of time, without resistance."   Read more ...